Category Archives: Michel Foucault

Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth course due in English in October 2016

Posted on April 20, 2016 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1980-81 course, Subjectivity and Truth, is due for publication in English in October/November 2016. Thanks to Chathan Vemuri for alerting me to this. At the moment details are few, but the price is high at £82 or $119. I hope … Continue reading →

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Foucault: the Birth of Power Update 13: Another (final?) trip to the Bibliothèque Nationale archive

Posted on April 11, 2016 by stuartelden

While waiting for the reader reports on Foucault: The Birth of Power I have been almost exclusively working on Shakespeare. That project is taking shape, and I’ve been developing conference and seminar papers into more polished prose, with fuller notes … Continue reading →

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Books received – Foucault, Shakespeare, Alio, Farge, Spriet

Posted on April 10, 2016 by stuartelden

Some recent books bought – most for the Shakespeare work, but a few Foucault-related. Eliane Alio worked with Foucault at the Collège de France, and was an assistant on the book he wrote with Arlette Farge. Foucault’s book with Farge … Continue reading →

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Foucault, About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Lectures at Dartmouth College reviewed at NDPR

Posted on April 1, 2016 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Lectures at Dartmouth College, 1980 is reviewed at NDPR.

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No joke – Foucault’s Last Decade is officially published today

Posted on April 1, 2016 by stuartelden

Foucault’s Last Decade is officially published today. The date is mere coincidence. If you order direct from Wiley – Polity’s distributor – then the book should be sent now. Other online retailers will be getting copies shortly. Thank you to … Continue reading →

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Autumn and Winter 2016-17 talks – Foucault, Shakespeare and Terrain

Posted on March 31, 2016 by stuartelden

My attempt at keeping the diary clear of talks between January and September this year is just about holding. The last seminar I gave was on Foucault and health research and activism in January, and with the exception of three small … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, Language, Madness, and Desire: On Literature reviewed at NDPR

Posted on March 30, 2016 by stuartelden

Also at NDPR, Michel Foucault, Language, Madness, and Desire: On Literature, is reviewed by Mark Olssen. I have a review of this collection, written some time ago, which is still forthcoming.

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Foucault’s Last Decade Update 26: advanced copy received and some final reflections

Posted on March 21, 2016 by stuartelden

This is the 26th and probably final update on the writing and production of Foucault’s Last Decade, as I received an advanced copy of the physical book a couple of days ago. Copies should be available in online stores and elsewhere in … Continue reading →

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Figure/Ground interview with Miguel de Beistegui

Posted on March 15, 2016 by stuartelden

Figure/Ground interview with Miguel de Beistegui – covers his work on Heidegger, Foucault, Proust and others.

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Foucault and Prospects for an Ethics of Self-Cultivation (video interview)

Posted on March 11, 2016 by stuartelden

In 2015 in Prato I was interviewed for the ‘Prospects for an Ethics of Self-Cultivation‘ project, about Foucault’s late work and the Foucault’s Last Decade book. Prospects for an Ethics of Self-Cultivation is a two-year-long research project investigating the revival of ethical … Continue reading →

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